Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

Life is available only in the present moment.

In my youth I studied, in my prime I practiced, now all my doubts are cleared.

The dharma is not outside of you. Looking for it elsewhere is like placing a Buddha on your head while searching for him everywhere else.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

Meditation is not about achieving anything. It's about letting go of everything.

Past thoughts are traceless, clear, and empty. Future thoughts are unborn and fresh. The present moment abides naturally and unconstructed.

Sensations are not your enemy. They are your teacher. Through observing them, you understand the truth of existence.

Don't try to push away the darkness. Just light a lamp. The darkness will disappear by itself.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

Karma is not fate but the law of moral causation, showing us that we are the architects of our own destiny.

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

Through continuous mindfulness practice, the true nature of physical and mental phenomena becomes clear.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.

There is no difference at all between samsara and nirvana. There is no difference at all between nirvana and samsara.

As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself.

The mind is like a room with many windows. Open them all and let the fresh air in.

Meditation is not about trying to change ourselves. Meditation is about being aware of what is.

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

Peace is not found by changing the world, but by changing your attitude to the world.

The only things that are truly mine are my actions and their results.

Appearances are mind, mind itself is emptiness, emptiness itself is spontaneous presence.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

The purpose of Buddhist practice is not to become a Buddhist but to awaken to the nature of reality.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.